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Non-response behaviour in the Bank of ItalyÂ’s Survey of Household Income and Wealth

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Giovanni D'Alessio () (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department)
Ivan Faiella () (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department)

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This paper aims to describe non-respondents in the Bank of ItalyÂ’s Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) and to measure the underestimation of income and wealth attributable to non-response. The evidence confirms that non-response is not random, since it is more frequent among wealthier households. Therefore exclusive use of poststratification procedures based on demographic characteristics only, which are commonly employed, cannot properly adjust for the selection process observed in the SHIW. As to the estimates of average aggregates, the bias seems to be greater for financial assets (the adjusted estimates are from 15 to 31 per cent higher than the unadjusted) than for income (for which the adjustments vary from 5 to 14 per cent, probably owing to a greater asymmetry in the distribution of wealth.

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Paper provided by Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department in its series Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) with number 462.

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Keywords: Non-response; non-sampling errors; sample surveys; income; wealth;

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C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods
C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Microeconomic Data
C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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  1. Andrea Brandolini & Giovanni D’Alessio & Luigi Cannari & Ivan Faiella, 2004. "Household Wealth Distribution in Italy in the 1990s," Economics Working Paper Archive wp414, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Ivan Faiella & Romina Gambacorta, 2007. "The Weighting Process in the SHIW," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 636, Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  3. Carlo V Fiorio & Francesco D'Amuri, 2005. "Workers' Tax Evasion in Italy," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 64(2-3), pages 247-270, November. [Downloadable!]
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